Balance – Felt ball mobile

January 14, 2017 by nadel&gabel

It’s already midst of January, the blog break obviously took longer than intended. Anyway, I hope you all had relaxed holidays and a good start into the new year. Mine started with a lot of work, but I don’t complain. Proudness that I managed not to fall into too much procrastination prevails! (One of my big goals for 2017). This project actually was one of my Christmas presents. But as it is not very christmasy and because I had wanted […]

Categories: craft & DIY, interior • Tags: baby, ball, children, colour, colourful, Craft, decoration, DIY, easy, embroidery hoop, felt, felt ball, gift, kids, mobile, natural, toddler, tutorial

Transition – Felted hazelnuts

October 11, 2015 by nadel&gabel

When I look out of my windows I see all colour shades from yellow to red – there are only a few trees around that still keep their green leaves. Autumn is in is full vibrant blossom. I try to soak the colours in as well as the sun, cause days are getting shorter, colder and the fog is creeping in. It’s the time of the year when you want to nest, prepare yourself for the long dark winter evenings. […]

Categories: craft & DIY, interior, jewellery • Tags: acorn, autumn, ball, colour, Craft, decorating, easy, felt, felted, hazelnut, home, nature, project, tutorial, wool

Shades of green – A spring feast

April 29, 2015 by nadel&gabel

*sigh* … When it comes to work load this is about the hardest time of the year… gritting one’s teeth, struggling through is the name of the game. Under these adverse conditions I am especially happy that we could find the time for a lovely gathering with friends – to celebrate friendship, good food, spring… and my birthday – to let work be work and enjoy the moment. In my mind I had my favourite season spring and its omnipresent […]

Categories: bread, cake, cookie & dessert, craft & DIY, dairy-free, grains & legumes, In the kitchen, interior, salad, snacks & small dishes, spread, sauce & spice, spring, vegetable, vegetarian • Tags: asparagus, bread, decoration, dill, dinner, dip, feast, gathering, green, guacamole, herbs, hummus, lahey, no knead, party, pasteis, pavlova, pesto, pistachios, recipe, sauce, setting, spread, spring, table, vegetable

Snug and warm – Knitted baby blanket

April 25, 2015 by nadel&gabel

And there it is, my best friends newborn girl. Of course this didn’t happen out of a sudden 😉 … so I had time to prepare. And I used long winter evenings to work on this knitted baby blanket.   For long I had admired those beautiful colourful blankets from The Purl Bee (find the crochet pattern here). Now I finally had the chance to knit one myself. It’s kind of the easiest knitting project you can imagine. It’s a […]

Categories: Accessories, craft & DIY, interior, knitting • Tags: baby, blanket, block, colour, cotton, crib, crochet, easy, garter stich, knitting, merino, Purl Bee, Purl Soho, tutorial, wool, yarn

Store in style – DIY wire baskets

November 21, 2014 by nadel&gabel

When I had finished my crocheted washcloths and scrubbies I found them too beautiful to hide them away. So I thought about how to display them in our bathroom, incorporate them into the interior design. Wire baskets came to my mind – and I remembered a tutorial for a DIY wire basket that I had seen a while ago and bookmarked. I followed the comprehensive pictured tutorial of Amy and have to say: These baskets are really easy to make, […]

Categories: craft & DIY, interior, storage • Tags: basket, box, Craft, design, industrial, mesh, metal, organize, plier, rustic, storage, tutorial, vintage, wire

Pimp your bathroom – Tawashi scrubbies and washcloths

November 12, 2014 by nadel&gabel

Once started crocheting I couldn’t stop anymore. In the new little crocheting book, that I had bought lately, I came across so called (eco) tawashi. And although you might think “Oh yes, old hat!” … I hadn’t heard about this trend before. I wanted to know more and read myself through the internet and the world of cute crocheted cleaning scrubbies. Originally tawashi describes a brush/sponge to wash off dirt. As I learned, it became very popular over the last […]

Categories: Accessories, craft & DIY, crocheting, interior • Tags: block, brush, clean, colour, crochet, cute, dishes, easy, eco, gift, Japan, kawaii, makeup, pad, present, remover, reusable, scrubby, tawashi, towel, trend, tutorial, washcloth, washing

Hidden colour schemes – Crocheted hot water bottle cover

October 3, 2014 by nadel&gabel

In the moment I loaded these pictures up I realized that all my recent posts are following the same colour scheme – mustard. Of course, it’s the colour of autumn, but I didn’t know how much I seam to be led by visual impressions. Hmm, perhaps I should start a new project: eating by colour 😉 Anyway, this post is not about food, but about my best friend around the cold season – my hot water bottle, that got a […]

Categories: craft & DIY, crocheting, interior • Tags: autumn, beginner, book, chunky, colour, cover, Craft, crochet, easy, fall, hand, handbook, hot water bottle, mustard, project, sewing, tutorial, wool

My work space IV: Storage and decoration

March 28, 2014 by nadel&gabel

May I invite you to another closer look around my redesigned working place? This time you will mainly see where I store all my stuff – perhaps we shouldn’t exaggerate and speak of “organization”… When I decided to swop my old massive wooden desk – from teenage times – for a new one I had the vision  of a lighter look around the place I am sitting about half of the day. I decided for a simple wooden desktop with […]

Categories: craft & DIY, furniture, interior, storage • Tags: box, brakig, Craft, desk, desktop, folder, geometric, hairpin, helmer, holder, home, ikea, interior, legs, living, office, organization, photo, ps, space, storage, stuva, work

My work space III: Geometric felt coasters

March 19, 2014 by nadel&gabel

Hey, I am just hopping in for a quick and easy DIY and a brief insight into my working space – where at the moment most of my life takes place. 😦 So, in case you’ve already wondered what a tutorial for coasters has to do with a working desk … well that’s the answer. Staring at the computer or the mountain of exams to be corrected – the sunny weather outside always in sight through the window, but unreachable […]

Categories: craft & DIY, interior • Tags: coaster, Craft, decoration, design, easy, felt, geometric, graphic, grey, hexagon, puristic, shape, tutorial